Socials and Weddings Highlight Local Society News
Invitations to a Saturday tea at Mrs. Frederick W. Sturm’s Grey Stone Terrace home honor Miss Shaw McCormick. Wedding reports include Miss Alice Alberta McCormick to Corp. Roy B. Shaw in Raleigh, and Miss Kathryn Kackley’s marriage in Staunton to William Morris. Also notes on Miss Jean Elizabeth Bowman’s wedding to Vernon Ragan Gingell, J Gray Beverley Jr to undergo tonsilectomy, and local health updates on Ray Cather and Horace Browne. Elizabeth Hall Shryock’s forthcoming marriage to Edward Christopher Shokes Jr. on June 26 is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Sturm
Greystone Terrace
Averett College
Morgantown
Anna Belle Snyder
Jean Bowman
Jean Elizabeth Bowman
Miss Bowman
Vernon Ragan Gingell
F. W. Gingell
Washington
Calvin H. Wingert
Elizabeth Hall Shryock
Edward Christopher Shokes Jr
Christ Episcopal Church
Surgical Dressing Rooms To Be Open Monday
The materials have arrived for the surgical dressings and the rooms will be open Monday.
G A A Tea Last Night At 6 45 P M
Tea gathering at Mrs Wayne Omps home on North Braddock street hosted sixteen regular members and welcomed three new members Mrs Mildred Sowers Miss Dorothy Sencindiver and Mrs Marshall Boyd The event lists committee members and attendees with a future Silver Tea fundraiser at the Episcopal Church House. Winchester Studio Recital Also Planned For June 20 At Market Street Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Omps
North Braddock Street
Mildred Sowers
Dorothy Sencindiver
Marshall Boyd
Lucile Sencindiver
Wyatt Richard
Elenor Summel
Mesdames Wesley Crisman
Raymond Kerlin
Hubert Cather
Charles Anderson
Arthur Spaid
L. T. Fauver
Clarence Hershman
Robert Grim
Jack Widmeyer
Robert Grove
Virginia Butsler
Katherine Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
Marguerite Baker
Raychelle Fleming
Carrie Webb
Episcopal Church House
West Boscawen Street
Federated Council of Church Women
Winchester Studio of Music
Market Street Methodist Church
Betty Joe Stretchberry
Tie Swann
Nell Ryant
Pastor Flickinger Attends Synod and Peace Conference
Dr. S. L. Flickinger, pastor of Centenary Church, has been at Hood College in Frederick Maryland since Monday attending Potomac Synod sessions. Since Wednesday he has represented the Synod officially at a tri state Peace Conference held at Hood College. He will lead services here Monday as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Church
Hood College
Frederick
Potomac Synod
Synod
Hood
Man Builds 14 Foot Motorboat In Cellar
Newport Vermont June 18. Frank Curran built a 14 foot motorboat in a cellar and could not lift it out but says the pleasure driving ban kept him from needing gas anyway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Frank Curran
Cost of Living Keeps Rising for City Workers
Secretary Frances Perkins reports a 0.8 percent rise in the cost of living from mid-April to mid-May, putting city workers 7.8 percent above last year and 24.1 percent above January 1941. Food, especially fresh produce from the 1943 crop, drives the increase. Perkins notes wide regional variation and cites a national average index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances Perkins
Prentiss M. Brown
Miss Perkins
Visiting Residents Spend Week in Virginia Hot Springs
Local residents and relatives travel for visits and reunions across Virginia and nearby towns. L G Sjostrom and family stay at the Homestead in Hot Springs. Lieut Greer buys Boswood near Middleburg. Ruth Rogers visits family in Wickliffe and returns to Kimbaliton. other locals move between Winchester Front Royal Purcellville and Berryville for brief stays and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Sjostrom
City
Homestead
Virginia
City and County Realty Transfers Summary
Frederick County deeds show transfers from C. W. Wisecarver to Rita Milburn and Emma Kerns to Mary Arnold, each with $1 or $10 payments and various lot descriptions. Other entries cover tracts of 212 acres to Ed gar Ryan, two lots along South Kent and South Pall Mall, and multiple properties in Gainesboro and Carrs Addition with prices ranging from $1 to $300 and valuable consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
C. W. Wisecarver
Rita Josephine Milburn
Stonewall
Emma Kerns
Mary Arnold
Gainesboro
Frank V. Siegliner
Edgar R. Ryan
E. H. White
Evelyn Cowgen
E. I. McFarland
Evelyn L. DiMaria
Carson C. Bowen
Helen L. Bowen
Middletown
Winchester
George L. Haun
Levina I. Briggs
Carr
Katie Boyd Glaize
Janie L., Johnson
Kern Street
Thomas J. Trier
Laurence O. Sullivan
Robert G. Cox
Kent
South Pall Mall
Clarence H. Himelright
Samuel B. McCarty
Grace Allison Gillespie
Gertrude A. McCormac
H. B. McCormac, Jr
S. Main Street
Lester C
Arthur Lewis
Chase Lane
Minnie S. LaMonds
Ray H. Duncan
Miller St
Douglas D. Spillman
W. P. Davis
Berryville Avenue
Army Air and Ground Power Boosts War Readiness
A government plan outlines a fighting force with 273 air force groups and 3,000,000 ground troops, 36 000 bombers 38 000 fighters 12 000 transport planes and 9 000 training planes along with ammunition tanks and other gear. It envisions over 900 airfields 4 500 army posts and 700 000 hospital beds and interment camps for 325 000 prisoners. The Army aims to 7 533 000 enlisted by year end with 140 000 WAACS, while total enlisted strength by month’s end would reach 6 500 000. The report praises WAACS and seeks $1 154 734 000 for chemical warfare service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNarkey
Africa
Japan
Imany
Italy
WAAC
Somervell
WAACS
Chemical Warfare Service
OPA Trails Chaplin and Bride in Elopement Probe
OPA investigators search for Charlie Chaplin and his 18 year old bride Oona O Neill amid reports of their Santa Barbara County elopement. Samuel Leask Jr says officials will subpoena Chaplin if located while checking gasoline sources and possible speed limit violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oona O'Neill
Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles
OPA
Oona O'Neil
Samuel Leask, Jr
Southern California
Leask
Office of Price Administration
Chaplin
Miss O’neil
Eugene O’neil
Santa Barbara
Joan Berry
Joan
Mr. Chaplin
Pneumonia Fatal To L. M. Myers
Lawrence Albert Myers 36 of Winchester died at Winchester Memorial Hospital Thursday evening at 6 40 o clock from double pneumonia. He was the son of the late Moses and Cora Myers and is survived by his wife Millie Colman Myers four brothers Harry Myers Newark N J Fred Myers and Charles Myers of the city and Cpl Julian Myers in the U S Army and four sisters Mrs Joseph Clarke Pittsburgh Mrs Charles Fletcher Mrs Ashton Moten and Miss Florence Reid all of this city Final arrangements have not been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Albert Myers
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Moses
Cora Myers
Millie Colman Myers
Harry Myers
Newark
N. J
Fred Myers
Charles Myers
City
Cpl
Julian Myers
U. S. Army
Joseph Clarke
Pittsburgh
Charles Fletcher
Ashton Moten
Florence Reid
Winchester man found guilty of petty theft at Baker's Drug
Clyde Williams of Winchester was found guilty of stealing $12.75 from Baker's Drug store cash register. Tried by Judge Rice in Civil and Police Magistrate Court, he received six months and costs. He was arrested by Sgt. Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Williams
Winchester
Baker’s
Rice
Sgt
Francis
Axis Not Violating Geneva War Rule, War Dept Reports
War Department hearings note Axis powers generally respect Geneva provisions on POW treatment and hospital ships but criticize the execution of American aviators over Tokyo as a breach. Paterson says the United States abides by the agreement and will continue. Testimony covers transport volume, contract renegotiation savings, projected military spending, and outputs for Air Corps pilots, aircraft, and navigational staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Tokyo
United States
Robert P. Patterson
Transportation Corps
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Acae
Ordnance Department
Virginia track men enter national AAU and decathlon events
Charlottesville Virginia June 18 The University of Virginia will field two runners in the National AAU championship in New York City and two more seek the National Decathlon title in Elizabeth New Jersey. Bob Green Winchester will run the 800 meters and Walter Galliford Washington a former Southern Conference sprint champion will compete in the 100 and 200 meters. Nat Boyd Philadelphia and Don Manner Clayton will contest the decathlon on June 25 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
New York City
Elizabeth
N. J
Nat Boyd
Philadelphia
Don Manner
Clayton
Boyd
Manner
Bob Green
Winchester
Walter Galliford
Washington
Senator George pushes war economy as Army Navy spending trimmed
Senate Finance chair George of Georgia warned the nation could lose the war through waste and extravagance. He urged forming a board to audit Army and Navy expenditures and prune personnel not directly aiding the war effort while the House awaited a $71.51 million War Department budget report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Can Do Something About Tar Heels
In Wilmington North Carolina on June 18 the new Hanover county rationing board issued a report stating that rationing officials can act against North Carolina motorists found pleasure driving in Virginia. It cited two Wilmington cases where drivers were tried and fined in Virginia after speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
New Hanover County
Virginia
OPA
North Sea
Kitten Survives Chilling Refrigerator Car Ride
A kitten survived a 13 day refrigerated trip from California aboard a sealed car carrying fifty thousand pounds of potatoes and ice. The SPCA said the kitten thawed promptly after being offered milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jum
California
SPCA
Handley Summer School Set To Open This Year
Handley High School will run an eight week summer session starting Monday. The program returns as usual to support students during the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Summer School
Handley High School
Union Church School Planned for Summer Bible Study
Union Junior Vacation Bible School set to run Monday June 21 from 2 30 to 4 30 p m each day. It will be hosted alternately at Mt Carmel and John Mann churches with Rev Claybon Rev Jackson and Rev Roberson directing. Teachers include Marcia Taper Hattie Mitchell Fannie Weaver Bannister Mary Perkins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnm. Mann
St. Stephens
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carmel Church
Wi. Claybon
All John Mann Church
Jackson
Claybon
Roberson
Marcia Taper
Hattie Mitchell
Fannie Weaver Bannister
Mary Perkins
Hattie Bell
Gibson
William Gant
Emma Parks Robinson
Hattie Mitchel
Lorraine Cook
William Quigley
Garfield Prather
Crossword Clue Set from Yesterday
Clues include music symbol wading birds plaything bitter vetch ship s lamp cheerful gloom penny Indian nurse and English river enclosure with yesterday’s answer provided for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny
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Kathryn Kackley
Staunton
Edgar Kackley
Kackley
Berryville
William Morris
Charles Morris
Mr. Morris
Spottswood
Old Providence Manse
Mark B. Grier
Zienna Gilgerson
Fairfield
George Morris
John William Austin
Vesuvius
Berryville High School
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Newport Grammar School
Morris
Fisherville High School
J. Gray Beverley, Jr
Elizabeth Shryock
Anna Moody Browne
J. C. Wyncoop
Katherine Wyncoop
Washington, D. C
Gordon Warner
Leesburg
R. Carter Hall
Arthur D. Scott
Elkwood
O. R. Blois
Robert W. Blois
Hagerstown
C. F. Rinker
Upperville
Frederick F. Sturm
Lawrence C.davis
Norfolk, Va
John Babbage
Round Brook
Ray Cather
Horace Browne
Amherst Street
Brooks’ Pharmacy Service
the Food Center
Loudoun St
Little Garden Club
Frank Armstrong, Jr
West
Leicester Street
Webber
Guy Webber
Fairmont Avenue
Grace Fries
Dr. Flickinger
Homstead At Hot Springs
Christopher M. Greer, Jr
Boswood
Middleburg
Billy” Mitchell
Thomas B. Byrd
Millwood
Mitchell
Ruth Rogers
Robert Smith
Wickliffe
Kimbaliton
J. Glenn Whitman
J. Glenn Whitman, Jr
Barry Cook
Giles B. Cook
Conner Coeee
8. L. Thompson
du Bois Pa
V. Lewis
North Loudoun
J. Daniel Dodson
Willie Belle Kater
Alabama
Pvt
Daniel Dodson
Ft. Sybert
Birmingham
Ala
John B. Earle
Milldare
Mary Waller
Front Royal
University Hospital
John Rockwell
Harpers Ferry
Glen Anderson
Richie
Joe M. Stickles
Stickles
Robert Renner
Sunnyside
du Bois, Pa
S. V. Lewis
North
Loudoun Street
Dia
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
BELL
Winchester Front Royal
City & County Realty Transfers
George Washington Garage
Gloria Callen
Nyack
N. Y
Buster Crabbe
Gloria
L. M. Myers
Civil & Police Court
Main St
U. S
Boyce & Clarke County
Ompany
Union Church
Dad
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Timberlake
Moling & Cather
Daily Crossword
Sacred Song
Dreamy
Endeavor
Diocesan Center
Ati
Biait
Mig
Ini
Ame
English River
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